Goal

Reduce the prevalence of stunting in children under the age of five from 19% to 14% by 2030

FROM Commitment: Implement Nutrition Action Plan

Government / Honduras

Food Security and Nutritional Unit UTSAN/SCGG

Partner organisations:
Academic or non-academic research institution: Escuela Agrí-cola Panamericana El Zamorano
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: FAO, PMA, OPS, UNICEF, Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá
Country government at any administrative level: Secretaría de Salud
Date made: 29 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
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NAF SMARTness index Lower moderate Find out more
Targeted location National - This objective is national in scope, but priority should be given to the 182 municipalities most vulnerable to Food and Nutrition Insecurity (INSAN) as established in the National Policy and Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security-PyENSAN 2030.
Targeted population Specific population group(s)
Targeted population age Specific age group(s)
Targeted population specific age Children under five years of age
Targeted population sex All
Primary indicator Prevalence (%) of children under five years of age with stunting
Primary indicator baseline 19%
Primary indicator target 14%
Duration March, 2022 - December, 2030

Goal action plan

The Nutrition Action Plan proposes broad coverage of the entire Honduran population leaving no-one behind, through a process of the inclusion and organization of different programs with the participation of multiple different bodies (governmental, United Nations, grass-roots organizations, private companies, universities and donors); multiple industries (health, education, agriculture, planning, social protection and others) and at multiple levels (national, regional and local). The Plan is set to address the country's situation with regard to malnutrition across four broad areas: A comprehensive approach to initiatives; the organization of actions across various sectors at national, regional and local levels; encouraging the general public to take part; and the mobilisation of resources and efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive development for Hondurans. The implementation of this plan requires the establishment of the government body responsible for the coordination and implementation of the PANH. This will be the Ministry of Health, and the integration of a National Nutrition Committee from the Inter-Institutional Technical Committee on Food Security and Nutrition-COTISAN. The initiatives and program goals that make up the Plan are organized into five main blocks: a) Institutional and decentralised management for nutrition. b) Special care for infants under 2 years of age, under 5 years of age, pregnant women and breastfeeding babies. c) Nutritional surveillance, d) Food safety. and e) Non-communicable diseases, and the indicators proposed for the fulfilment of the goals and objectives are measurable from national studies: malnourishment; incidence of chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years of age; Overweight and obese women aged 15-49 years; incidence of total anemia in children aged 6-59 months and incidence of anemia in women aged 15-49 years.

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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